11,000 lost lives from heart attacks due to poor NHS care Lancet study finds thousands of heart attack victims are dying needlessly because care in this country is not good enough. More than 1,500 heart attack victims are dying needlessly every year in Britain due to substandard care and delays in treatment, a study in the Lancet has found. The research found that a failure to ensure patients in this country receive quick treatment and good aftercare has cost at least 11,000 lives in the last seven years, with death rates one third higher than elsewhere. Cardiologists said the failure to follow national medical guidelines meant that not enough patients in this country were given balloon angioplasty or stent replacement to open narrowed arteries after a heart attack. telegraph.co.uk/health/10589810/11000-lost-lives-from-heart-attacks-due-to-poor-NHS-care.html
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:24:37 +0000
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